Table of Contents Introduction The origin and development of teaTea cultureThe spread of teaConclusion ReferenceAppendix | 2245678 |

Introduction
China has a history of tea culture for thousands of years, it could be called the hometown of tea. Now after a long history, tea has been prevalent in more than 50 countries around the world, tea has been become one of the three major non-alcoholic drinks. As a worldwide beverage, tea is becoming more and more get the welcome and attention of people. In recent years, people's preference to tea, resulting in tea consumption is constantly growing around the world. Many rumors said that tea was first discovered by the Chinese, it has been confirmed by banker. When viewing Chinese splendid tea culture, and can see the different historical period about tea art. Chinese drinking tea has a history of several thousand years, there are many kinds of tea, for example, green tea, black tea, oolong tea and scented tea, etc. Original Chinese tea is popular in Sichuan, then it spread to the east and south, the throughout the country. In emperor Shennong period, is the earliest discovered tea, but tea mainly flourished in the Tang dynasty. The formation of the Chinese tea culture, it is from the Tang dynasty. China’s contribution to the human in tea industry that is mainly depends on the first discovered and used tea this plant to develop into a unique tea art of the world.

The origin and development of tea
Tea was first discovered later, it’s just the custom form detoxification, then gradually developed to drink. Today, tea is not just a thirst quenching, wake up brain drinks, more important is through the tea, to get the spiritual need, show our life of faith, the pursuit of the lofty realm of life. Though just a legend that is emperor Shennong on the earliest discovered tea and used to. But the Chinese tea art originated from the Tang dynasty is an indisputable fact (Anon 2011). Tang dynasty is the most prosperous period of China’s feudal era, the national unity, and traffic developed, to end the state of the split land and to strengthen the link between North, South and other border areas. It makes the north and south economic and cultural exchange has become possible. Such social conditions as well as the further popularization of drinking tea and continued development of tea culture laid a foundation. China has thousands of years of tea art history, until the Tang dynasty is the development of the real, to be exact after the mid tang dynasty. Meanwhile, the Chinese tea has been exported to Japan and Korea in the Sui and Tang dynasties, and in the 16th century to be introduced by the West. In accordance with Lu Yu’s book <Tea Bible> explain: “tea is a beverage, found in the emperor Shennong, famous in the duke of Zhou Lu, arose in the tang dynasty”. In tang dynasty can across the country to from strong culture of tea drinking and Lu Yu to the promotion of the tea has the close relationship (Tianxi Jiang 2006). It is worth mentioning that the time of the literates is much like to drink tea. Some famous poet, painter, calligrapher and musicians are all tea predilection, for example, Bai Juyi, Liu Zongyuan and Liu Yuxi, etc. In the Tang dynasty, tea drinking has started to pay attention to drinking art, it has to do with Tang before the main tea as a medical or extensive compared to quench thirst to drink form, is a process of qualitative change.
In the Song dynasty in China, there are “open the door seven matter”: wood, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and tea, tea is one of these, it is obvious that tea has become an indispensable item in people's daily life. Has a history of Chinese tea “tea is popular in Tang dynasty, flourishing in song dynasty”. Song dynasty tea production process has a new breakthrough, due to the palace of the drinking tea custom, the fog created specifically for the use of imperial tribute tea. Tribute tea to the development of the tea culture is inseparable with the court, and the corresponding palace tea was the wind of all the citizens of tea at that time, song dynasty tea has spread in the various social strata.
As the transition period from the Song dynasty to the Ming dynasty, Yuan dynasty although history is shorter, but on the method of drinking tea was further matured, it can be said that this period is to change the way that Chinese tea is an important stage. Tang and Song dynasties, people drink tea add green onion, ginger and seasoning salt and tea mixed cooking habits, to the Yuan dynasty was gradually abandoned, a more simple way of “clear water” (Tianxi Jiang 2006). This means that the Yuan dynasty has begun to widely used tea leaves or tea dust decoction tea, with no or little seasoning. In the Ming dynasty, is formed “make tea” this way of method that has been in use today. Tea culture development to the Ming dynasty, there was a landmark change. With tea processing method is simplified, the way of tea drinking also towards simplification, prevailed for centuries of Tang and Song dynasty frying point tea a method change become method with boiling water (Chinese Tea Arts 2010).
Nowadays, tea is not only used in our daily life, is not to quench thirst, and also is not just for the sake of the health care needs, it is more of a cultural meet and the high grade of leisure culture. Many companies also looking for business opportunities through tea, as the goods by tea related items, such as green tea perfume, matcha cake and tea soap, as well as various made of food and supplies about tea.

Tea culture
Tea art is culture for China, it is known as the tea culture. With the development of the era, tea was extended to the literature, art and philosophy by scholars. Since the Tang dynasty, tea culture combined with Taoism, Buddhism and Confucianism. China has such a close relationship with tea, and tea is a cultural phenomenon. Chinese tea culture includes articles, poems, and pictures about tea, and the art of making and drinking tea (March 2009). Chinese tea in the long historical development process thus formed the unique national characteristics of Chinese tea culture, has the rich traditional culture.
Since the ancient times, Chinese teahouse is a Chinese scholar to share ideas and discuss the local literature. In the history of Chinese tea, teahouse is additional product of the Chinese tea culture products. Nowadays, people can feel the teahouse atmosphere in China Beijing, Hangzhou, Suzhou, and Nanjing, etc. Many people think that teahouse is the symbol of a culture, there can feel the culture atmosphere, and they think drinking tea is a kind of life enjoyed in the teahouse, and in the teahouse’s environment can make people forget the worry. Chinese people like to go to the teahouse tea, just like Westerners prefer to go to cafe, and they will be there to enjoy life, carefree get through the day.
The term Tea Dao first appeared in a book <Tea Bible> written by Lu Yu. Tea Dao is often thought of as a way of cultivate one's morality raises a gender, also is a kind of tea as the media of life etiquette. Tea Dao is the core of the tea culture spirit, it through the tea, enjoy the tea, the tea to cultivate one's morality raises a gender and learning ceremony, it is very beneficial. (Mei Lan 2012). This is one aspect of the Chinese Tea Dao is the most practical value, is why has been appreciated and prefer. Tea Dao originated in China, a long time ago, it was spread to Japan and got further development. Tea Dao is the precious wealth of Oriental culture, and is the ancient ancestors have created for us.
In the Tea Dao, tea art is the combination of "tea" and "art". Tea art is an art that how to make good a pot of tea and how to enjoy a cup of tea, so the tea art is the key to the making tea technology. Tea contains a lot of knowledge, different culture, drinks the different state, and is a unique art. Different countries and of different nations have different tea culture, for example the Japanese Tea Dao. In the Japanese Tea Dao is a kind of special etiquette reception guests through the tea art. The Japanese Tea Dao as a kind of cultivate one's morality raises a gender, improve cultural literacy and social means. Now, Tea Dao not only appears in China, Japan and other Oriental countries. Tea Dao has been all over the world, it has no national and regional restrictions.

The spread of tea
In China, the custom of drinking tea from tea-horse quickly evolved into trade routes. Until the late 15th century when the east and the west began to trade, the western world, gradually understand the benefits of tea, and at the beginning of the 17th century Chinese export tea to the western world (Teavivre 2013). China is the hometown of tea. Now after a long history, tea has been prevalent in more than 50 countries around the world, tea has been become one of the three major non-alcoholic drinks.
Tea-horse as China's important trade routes between the Han and Tibetan, in the later it became a kind of traditional that is tea change horses as trade. In ancient China, this is the main form of commercial trade the central plains and the northwest. When the tea is transported to Tibet, Tibet began to grow their tea, also therefore had the tea custom of daily life. Tea is transported to Tibet as well as to other Asian countries.
In the early, the China set up maritime trade, including the tea trade, to allow foreign businessmen to buy tea, and back to their own countries. In song and Yuan period, China's ports for foreign trade increase gradually, then the ceramic and the tea has become China's main export commodities. Especially in the Ming dynasty, the government takes active foreign policy, strengthen the contact region's economic and trade, the tea output increased a lot. Chinese tea is almost throughout the country in the 19th century. Tea around the world, directly or indirectly, has close relationship with tea in China.

Conclusion
In China, it is not only the formation process of diet culture about the development of tea culture, but also reflects the Chinese five thousand years accumulation spiritual qualities and cultural connotation. China has experienced a long historical development, today, the tea has been widely used in our daily life. Tea culture is a kind of culture, People's Daily life for young and old, no race. Tea with tea as the carrier, and by the carrier to spread all kinds of culture, is the organic fusion of tea and culture.

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Appendix
Sui Dynasty (隋朝：581-618)
Tang Dynasty (唐朝：618-907)
Song Dynasty (宋朝：960-1279)
Yuan Dynasty (元朝：1279-1368)
Ming Dynasty (明朝：1368-1644)
Tea Dao (茶道)
Shennong (Chinese: 神农)
Lu Yu (Chinese: 陆羽)
Bai Juyi (Chinese: 白居易)
Liu Zongyuan (Chinese: 柳宗元)
Liu Yuxi (Chinese: 刘禹锡)

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